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About the role
- Senior Supplier Relationship Manager managing executive-level supplier relationships for Medtronic. Driving collaboration and value creation initiatives across supplier relationship and contract lifecycles.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate and maintain executive-level relationships with key suppliers to foster innovation, ensure supply resilience, and enhance long-term enterprise value.
- Establish collaborative partnerships to identify and achieve measurable improvements in quality, delivery, cost efficiency, risk management, and responsible sourcing.
- Serve as the principal point of contact for designated suppliers, overseeing governance routines, communication protocols, and escalation processes.
- Design and implement strategic relationship plans and conduct supplier executive business reviews in alignment with Medtronic’s long-term objectives.
- Drive value-creation initiatives throughout the multi-year productivity pipeline, ensuring alignment with both enterprise and Operating Unit priorities.
- Lead joint improvement projects, promoting best-practice sharing, uncovering innovation opportunities, and supporting continuous improvement efforts.
- Monitor and report on supplier performance, risk trends, and value-creation outcomes to senior leadership.
- Ensure suppliers fulfill contractual commitments, governance standards, and business requirements.
- Support negotiation efforts and manage multi-year contracts.
- Collaborate with Category Management to execute category strategies, including assessments, due diligence, remediation, ongoing monitoring, and off-boarding activities.
- Act as the primary liaison between Supply Management and various cross-functional stakeholders within Operating Units, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal to promote consistent, risk-based supplier management practices.
- Lead cross-functional issue resolution, strategic initiatives, and improvement efforts driven by either suppliers or Medtronic.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in sourcing, supply chain, operations, or supplier management, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in sourcing, supply chain, operations, or supplier management.
- Experience in medical devices or other regulated, technical industries
- Experience supporting contract manufacturing, outsourcing, and the electronics market & industry
- Category management/supplier management experience with sourcing practices, risk management processes, and category strategy concepts
- Negotiation training/certification
- Experience with supplier analytics, ERP systems, and contract management tools
- Strong desire to constantly learn about the market, category, and economic/technological developments
- Intermediate level of economics knowledge and expertise
- Experience in forming and maintaining strategic alliances.
- Experience in cross-functional commodity teams.
- CPIM, CPSM Certification
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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